[twisteriffic]

> Every other phone in its class had the same problem; people seem to forget they part

No, they aren't forgetting anything. The magnitude of the issue with the 4 was significantly worse than with other contemporary devices, to the point of rendering it incapable of making a call if you were a lefty with sweaty hands.

AnandTech did a reasonably scientific comparison of the 4 with a few other devices at the time, if you don't believe me.

https://www.anandtech.com/show/3794/the-iphone-4-review/2

[moogly]

Also, they denied the problem for the longest time, even though they fired the antenna designer.

[snowwrestler]

This is just not true; the 4 went on to be one of Apple’s best-selling devices, long after the free bumper program ended. Its design was never changed; the media furor just faded and the phone worked fine and sold fine. I had one for years, for what it’s worth.